Glove-fastening



(No Model.)

W, S. RICHARDSON.

GLDVB FASTBMNG.

No. 412,296. PaemzedY Oct. 8, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT UEIPICE.

WILLIAM STREETER RICHARDSON, OF BOSTON, MASsAoIIusErTS.

GLOVE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of s Letters Patent No. 412,296, dated October 8, 1889. Application filed DecemberlQ, 1884. Serial No. 150,713. (No model.)

. being had to the accompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specification, in explain- Ing its nature.

. The Invention is an improvement upon that described in my Letters Patent No. 260,050;

and it relates especially to constructing the socket and ball members of the device and of fastening the saine in place.V The socket niember of the fastening varies in construction from that shown and described in my application for Letters Patent of even date herewith, which I have called Case A, inthat the cap and yielding sides are made integral, or in one piece, either with or without fastening extensions or arms, instead of in two pieces, as described in said application.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents in plan a form of blank which I prefer to use, and which when struck into shape, as hereinafter specified, provides the cap, yielding sides, and fastening-arms of the socket member. Fig. 2 shows in vertical section the shape which this blank is caused to assume by suitable dies, showing the cap, fasteningarms, and portions which form the yielding sidessomewhat bent down and outward. In Fig. 3 there is represented in vertical section the second manipulation of the blank, by which the fastening-arms and the yielding sides are bent or brought to avertical position. In Fig. e there is shown in vertical'section the blank after it has been submitted to the final forming operation, whereby the cap is fully developed, the fastening projections brought into proper place, and the proper curvature and shape given to the yielding sides. Fig. 5 is a view of the completed fastening. Fig. 6 represents in plan a form of washer which I'prefer to use in setting the socket member of the fastening, for reasons hereinafter indicated. Fig. shows in section the position of the socket member and washer preparatory to fastening the socket in place. Fig. 8 shows in vert-ical section the socket secured or attached to the flap of a glove or other article.

Fig. 9 is a sectional View of one portion of the ball member of the device. Fig. l0 is a plan view of a plate forming a portion thereof. Fig. 11 is a vertical section of a cap-eyelet used in fastening the plate. Fig. l2 is a vertical section of the complete fastening, repre senting it as fastened to the flap of aglove or other material. Fig. 18 shows the two sections of the fastening when properly attached and secured together. Figs. le and l5 relate to a modified form of fastening, hereinafter specially referred to.

The capblank represented in Fig. l has the portions c', which form the yielding sides, and the fastening-arms a2. In Fig. i?. the central portion a3 of the blank is shown somewhat rounded and forming the upper surface of the cap, the fastening-arms o2 and wings a being bent downward. In Fig. 3 the fastening-arms a2 and wings a are bent to a position substantially at right angles to a hori zontal line passing through the cap. In Fig. 4 the upper portion of the fasteningarms and of the wings o. are bent inward, so that theA cap is entirely completed, its flange or under surface4 ai formed, the fastening-arms 0.2 brought into their ultimate position in relation to the cap, and the yielding wings or sides o. bent inward to their nfinal shape. It Will thus be seen that this section of the fastening has the cap a3, flange or under section a4, the yielding sidesA a', and the fastening projections or arms a? integral; but I wish to state here that it is not essential that the fasteningarms a2 be made integral with the cap and yielding sides, although for the purposes of this invention I consider that the cap and yielding sides must be made from one piece of metal.

In securing the fastening in position I first form a hole in the glove-iiap or other article to which it is to be secured. Upon the under surface of this hole I place a washer b, which, preferably, is eitheI shaped substantially as shown in Fig. 6, the portion surrounding the hole being lower than the outer edge, or else I use a fiat washer, which in the operation of setting is caused to assume the shape shown in Fig. 7. lVhile I consider this form of IOC) washer preferable, for reasons which willV hereinafter appear, yet I do not confine Inyself to it. The hole in the washer must be large enough vto admit of the passageY of the fastening-arms a2, and also, when the yielding sides ct extend below it, to permit them to yield outwardly slightly upon receiving the other member of the device, and the ends of the fastening-arms are bent outward upon the under surface of the washer, as shown in Fig. 8. This gives quite an extent of material under the cap, which is a desirable feature, because the fastening when submitted to strain cannot be drawn against one edge of the material suiiiciently to pull the other edge from the material and cause it to open outside the fastening-arm or beyond the edge of the cap. When the washer with the inclined surface is used, it is preferable that the under surface of the cap be somewhat inclined, as represented in Fig. 8; but of course the under surface or shoulder of the cap may be straighter, if desired; but where it is inclined, as shown in Fig. 8, it affords an opportunity of using a smaller hole, because the material can be crowded or pressed down, as therein shown.

In lieu of making the fastening-arms (12integral with the cap, they may be formed upon the washer integral with it, in which case in fastening the cap in position they will project upward through the hole in the material and their ends will be bent upon the upper surface of the portion or shoulder a4 of the cap. This form of construction is shown in Figs. 14 and 15.

This socket-fastening may be used with any stud or device having a head and neck, and I show in Figs. 9 to 12, inclusive, a form of stud or ball fastening which, for two reasons, I consider especially desirable. The first reason is that of economy in manufacture. The second is because the manner of attaching it to the glove-flap or other article causes the fastening to pull straight, and this is avery essential requisite in a good fastener. In making this stud or male member of the fastening I use what is ordinarily termed a cap-eyelet, and form a neck thereon by rolling the groove ctherein. This converts the cap-eyelet into a device having the rounded head c', neck or groove c, and the flange c2. The head of this cap-eyelet is passed through the hole c3 in the plate c4, and the plate is fastened to the iiap of the glove or other article by means of the flattened portion c5 of the cap-eyelet, the flange of which bears upon the under surface of the flap, and the body of which passes through a hole formed in the iap of the glove or other material and hole c6 in the plate c4, and the head or cap of the eyelet is knocked down or headed upon the plate c4, as shown in Fig. 12.

If desired, the stud or post may be rigidly secured to the plate c4 by first crowning the plate about the hole c3, then inserting the stud or post, and then fiattening the plate so that the diameter of the hole c3. is decreased and its edge is caused to hug the neck of the stud or post. It will thus be seen that the ball, stud, or post is fastened to the material in such a manner that the pull upon the ball or post in a straight line will not` tend to cant it forward, and this insures a straight pulll fastening which extends into the material upon the line of the center of the post or stud-or if the material is exible like that of a glove, the ball or stud` will tip forward; and I have ascertained that by attaching the ball, stud, or post to the gloveflap or other material back of this center this tipping of the post is prevented. 0f course, it is desirable that the fasteningpoint should be far enough removed from the center to cause the fastening to pull straight, while at the same time it should not be too far back, so as to pass beyond the covering of the cap and iiap to which it is attached. It is also desirable that there should be quite an extended and rigid base for the ball, stud, or post when it is used upon soft material, in order that it may be held up stiftly while the socket member 'is being applied or pushed on.

The relative positions of the stud, post, or

ball and the socket when together are well shown in Fig. 12. It will be observed that the greatest diameter of the ball, stud, or post enters the socket, and that the yielding sides of the socket grasp it below its greatest diameter, and the yielding sides a of the socket, of course, yield or open as the cap is thrust upon the stud, post,.or ball, and *hold the stud or ball in place by the pressure which they exert against its sides. It will be seen that the rear part of the flange c2 of the stud is held clamped to the material by the plate c4 and the iange of the fasteningeyelet.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. The fastening comprising the cap a3, having the yielding sides a', washer b, and the connecting-arms 0.2, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination of the cap a3, having the inclined shoulder a4, with the washer b, inclined as described, and fastening-arms a2, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. The combination, in a fastening device, of a capped socket comprising the cap a3, the yielding sides o', integral with the said cap and bent in relation to the same to form the IIO shoulder a4, as specified, and to extend down- Wardly from said shoulder, with fasteningarms for attaching the cap to the material, all substantially as, and for the purposes described.

4:. The combination of the ball member of the fastening device c', having the flange c2, 

